First, I really love the concept that the zombies are spirits that eat your soul. For me this was very original and I enjoyed learning about this Zombieland. With this Alice seems to be a rare type of spiritual being so I think we've only just begun learning about this world and what Alice can do.
Of course I have to say I love Kat. She is so fun and vibrant even though she is sick. I'm very glad she gets included into the zombie hunter circle and that she's with Frosty. Now her and Alice can be on the same page and no more secrets.
The only negative comments I have about the book was I got tired of all the teenage drama in the beginning after Alice and Cole started having their visions. I just wanted someone to shove them in a room together so they would just talk about what happened. The other thing was some aspects of the book were predictable mainly when Alice started at Asher High. I knew Cole and his friends were going to be zombie hunters and that Alice was destine to join them.
While that was predictable there were a few surprises I didn't expect at all. First is Alice's grandfather being turned. I really expected what happened to him to happen to Kat. I had a feeling something would happen to her mainly because in my literary experience bad things happen to lovable characters (which sort of happened just in a different way). It breaks my heart that Alice's grandfather was made into zombie. She's already lost so much of her family. But it does work well in the story line because Alice can't lead a double life forever.
The other twist I didn't see coming was Dr. Wright being a spy for Anima Industries. It caught me off guard because logically it made sense for the hunters to have a contact in the school.
What I would like to see more of with the future books is more Alice In Wonderland references. I haven't read Lewis Caroll's version but I think there are some well know aspects like the white rabbit that was in this book that we can all recognize. I don't know if Gena Showalter is just holding back for the future books but I would like to see more than just the chapter titles and the white rabbit referencing Alice in Wonderland. And if there is other imagery I'm missing please tell me. All I know if the Disney version of the tale.
I am looking forward to the second book and hopefully having some questions answered like whose journal does Alice have and will Justin come back from the dark side?
I was also very surprised by the twists with Dr. Wright and her grandfather. If Dr. Wright survived the whole showdown, I'm wondering how miserable she'll make life for them now that they know she's the traitor. I'm also a bit curious as to why Justin was the one who helped them. Makes me wonder if there was double teaming going on.
ReplyDeleteI think maybe Justin is having some doubts about the side he's on. Even his sister seemed uncomfortable at the showdown at the end of the book. Maybe for them they've been okay with what the hazmats are doing because they don't know any of the people they're experimenting on but that changes when they have Ali. I think Justin may also still like Ali even though they're on separate sides.
ReplyDeleteThat'll make things interesting if he still likes Ali. Cole clearly doesn't dig the idea of Ali and Justin spending any time together, let alone breathing the same air.
DeleteI don't know if anything romantic will happen with Justin but maybe he'll turn away from the dark side...if the hazmats will let him.
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